10th Air Depot Group

Group
media-19704.jpeg UPL 19704 Lockheed P-38J Lightning 'Droop Snoot*' 42-67450 LC-E 'Eze Doe's It' 77th FS, 20th FG, 8th AF USAAF.


* The 'Droop Snoot' field conversion entailed the removal of the nose armament and associated equipment to make room for a prone bombardiers/observers position with the installation of a plexiglass nose, a Norden bombsight, side windows and an emergency hatch. The theory was for a formation of P-38's to drop their bombs on the formation lead 'Droop snoots' signal with the precision of the Norden bombsight ensuring the accuracy of the formations bombing. An idea championed by Lt Col Cass Hough and Lt Col Dan Ostrander.

Object Number - UPL 19704 - Lockheed P-38J Lightning 'Droop Snoot*' 42-67450 LC-E 'Eze Doe's It' 77th FS, 20th FG, 8th AF USAAF. * The 'Droop Snoot' field conversion...

Constituted as 10th Air Depot Group, 30 Dec 1941 Activated, 5 Jan 1942, Redesignated 10th Air Depot, 1 Jun 1946 Inactivated, 17 Oct 1948.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

Chilbolton 31 May 1944

Based

Burtonwood

Based

Poynton

Based

Wattisham

Based

Zeals

Based

Villacoublay

Based

Charleroi

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17089140 / O-721938
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15342901 / T-063642
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16136110 / T-131348
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17053443 / T-131349
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18177052 / O-720773
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

A P-38 Lightning nicknamed "EZE Does It" of the 20th Fighter Group fitted with a "droop snoot" for bombing missions at Kings Cliffe. Handwritten caption on reverse: '20FG. "Droop Snoot". Bombing P-38.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Eze Does It
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 10th Air Depot Group 20th Fighter Group 10th Depot Repair Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: UC-64/64A Norseman
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 10th Depot Repair Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Aircraft Type: Oxford
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (10th Air Depot Group)

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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